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China’s science and tech minister calls on private enterprises to develop ‘core technologies’

  • China has stepped up the call for self-reliance in technology amid mounting trade conflict with the US

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This photo taken on November 19, 2018 shows a worker checking laptop parts in a factory in the Hangyong Auto Industrial Park, in Lu'an City, in China's Anhui Province. – The factory produces equipment for Toshiba, Matsushita and other international brands. (Photo by STR / Agence France-Presse) / China OUT

China’s science and technology minister has urged the country’s private enterprises to make full use of supportive policies and subsidies to help accelerate the development of core technology in aid of the nation’s development.

“The private economy is a crucial part of China’s economic development,” Wang Zhigang, minister at the Ministry of Science and Technology, said at a conference in Beijing on Sunday, according to the official Xinhua News Agency.

“Encouraging and supporting the development of private technology enterprises has always been an important part of science and technology professionals' work.”

China has made the development of core technologies a top priority, and the country’s top leadership has urged top scientists, engineers and private businesses to help build the nation into a global hi-tech leader.

The government has stepped up the rallying call as pressure mounts from the US over China’s ambitions to move up the industrial technology chain.

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